Time Travel Movies Available to Stream

I love time travel movies. They are fun, they can be great, and they can be silly. I believe they exist in their own genre, and not necessarily a subset of science-fiction, since many exist without any scientific rationale and or weird time traveling equipment. Many are built on the case of a single what-if. What if I could go back in time but only if I am naked like in The Terminator (1984) or what if I could travel back in time but only by hi-jacking a direct ancestor’s body like in Trancers (1985). Once we buy into how the what-if is acheived then the rest of the story can be devoted to answering the What-if. And how these movies answer the What-if is what I love.

Time Lapse (2014} is one of many low budget time travel movies that sets up a basic premise and steps back to watch it unwind. Here are the ingredients: Three roommates, one girl, one boy that bets on dog races, one boy that is a painter, and a neighbor with a giant Polaroid camera able to take pictures 24 hour in advance. Mix in some jealousy, a dash of coveting, and bake together in an oven of fear, distrust, and greed, and you get a dish that is quite tasty. ★★★★★

The Jacket (2005): Available on Xfinity, Apple, Vudu, Sony
What if you could travel back in time while wearing a straight jacket and hopped up on mind altering drugs? This is answered by Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley while falling in love and trying to right some very big wrongs. I adore this movie. ★★★★★

Somewhere in time (1980): Available on Xfinity, Apple, Vudu, Sony
What if you could travel backwards in time to meet a beautiful stranger but only if you are wearing old timey clothes and sleeping in an old hotel without modern conveniences? The rest is a tear-jerking classic love story. ★★★★★

Source code (2011): Available on Apple , Vudu
What if you could travel backwards in time, but only if you are in a coma and on life support and your brain is connected to a giant computer? You might be sent back by the military to undo a terrorist attack. ★★★★★